Two men arrested in Stamford South End stabbing

STAMFORD - Two men were arrested in the city's South End Monday afternoon after a 37-year-old man walked up to a police officer conducting a traffic stop and reported he had been stabbed in the leg.

The officer saw the victim's pants leg was wet with blood and called paramedics to the scene near the corner of Homestead Avenue and Orchard Street at 4:12 p.m., said Stamford police spokesman, Lt. Sean Cooney.

The victim was treated and released from Stamford Hospital and was able to identify the man who stabbed him, Cooney said.

Marco Chacon, 44, had fresh blood on his pants from the victim and was arrested, Cooney said.

Chacon was charged with second-degree assault and conspiracy to commit second-degree assault. Vanegas was charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree assault and refusal to be photographed and fingerprinted.